The trial of two former police officers charged with second-degree murder in the death of a homeless man enters its third week Tuesday in Albuquerque.
Now-retired Detective Keith Sandy and former Officer Dominique Perez shot homeless camper James Boyd in March 2014 at the end of an hourslong standoff. The former officers' attorneys argue they were obligated to shoot to protect the life of a K-9 handler who came within 10 feet of Boyd.
Boyd had pulled two knives.
In police video of the shooting, Boyd appears preparing to surrender when a flash-bang grenade goes off and the situation unravels. Seconds later Boyd was shot in the arms and back.
Sandy and Perez are expected to testify in their own defense before the trial ends.
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